.htaccess for ExpressionEngine

.htaccess

# SECURE .HTACCESS FILE
# ============================================================
	<Files .htaccess>
		order allow,deny
		deny from all
	</Files>

# DON'T SHOW ANY DIRECTORY WITHOUT AN INDEX FILE
# ============================================================
	Options -Indexes

# DONT LIST FILES IN INDEX PAGES
# ============================================================
	IndexIgnore *	


# ADD A TRAILING SLASH TO PATHS WITHOUT AN EXTENSION
# ============================================================
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L,R=301]

# EE 404 PAGE FOR MISSING PAGES
# MAY DIFFER DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR TEMPLATE IS LOCATED.
# ============================================================
	ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?/site/404


# REMOVE INDEX.PHP
# ============================================================
	<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	        RewriteEngine On
	        RewriteBase /

	        # Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
	        RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
	        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
	        RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

	        # Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
	        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
	        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
	</IfModule>

#BROWSER HEADER CACHING
# ============================================================
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 days"
	ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 years"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 weeks"
	ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 weeks"

# BEGIN CACHE-CONTROL HEADERS
# ============================================================
	Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
	Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
	Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"
	Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"

# BEGIN TURN ETAGS OFF
# ============================================================
	Header unset ETag
	FileETag None

# BEGIN REMOVE LAST-MODIFIED HEADER
# ============================================================
	Header unset Last-Modified

# BEGIN COMPRESS TEXT FILES
# ============================================================
	SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

#REMOVE LAST-MODIFIED HEADER
# ============================================================
	<filesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css)$">
	Header unset Last-Modified
	</filesMatch>